License Plates From Iowa Reformatory Signal Industrial Prowess
John Reynolds reports from Ana mosa where Iowa Men's reformatory presses produce 10 000 1956 license plates daily. Col William H Burke promotes state industries and signs as officials tour the shop. Des Moines official John Carlson recalls Iowa motor vehicle registration history dating to 1904 and the move to prison industry production.
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Hese
Iowa
Iowa Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
Col
William H. Burke
Iowa State Industries
Reformatory
Col. Burke
John Carlson
Des Moines
Lowa
Mr. Carlson
Will to Believe Explored by Dr Marcus Bach in Cedar Rapids
Dr Marcus Bach, University of Iowa religion professor, spoke to the Cedar Rapids Education Association on the will to believe. He outlined three areas immortality life around and life within and urged cross religious bridges and open dialogue in faith communities.
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Cedar Rapids
Marcus Bach
School of Religion
University of Iowa
Bach
Albert Schweitzer
Africa
Europe
Dr. Schweitzer
French Equatorial Africa
Dr. Bach
Centenarian Florence Brown Celebrates 100 At Cedar Rapids Nursing Home
Florence Brown turned 100 at the Good Samaritan nursing home in Cedar Rapids, supported by her daughter and family. Born in 1855 near Cedar Rapids, she married Frank Brown in 1880 and lived on a College township farm before moving to the city. Despite frailty and past surgeries, she remains alert to world events and cherishes her long family history spanning grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Florence Brown
Alice Booth
Good Samaritan Nursing Home
First ‘Avenue
Brown
First Avenue NW
Mr. Brown
Cedar Rapids
M. C. Hartung
Mt. Vernon
Florence Armstrong
Santa Cruz
Calif
George Atwater
Springville
Six East Iowa Counties Top Savings Bond Goals
Six Eastern Iowa counties report progress toward their savings bond quotas with various percentages reached. October FE and H bond sales totaled 11 638 624 dollars, pushing Iowa’s 1955 ten month total to 149 359 715 dollars.
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Iowa
Town
U.S
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Jackson
Johnson
Services Friday for Walter Wisehart 58
Walter F Wisehart 58 Linn county resident died suddenly Tuesday night at his sister’s Cedar Rapids home He was born April 20 1897 in Greens Grove Center Point He worked for Hargrave Construction for three years previously farmed with his brothers He survived by three sisters Mrs Ford Maude Center Point Nella Wortham Stockton Calif and two brothers Ben and Charles Center Point Funeral is Friday at 2 pm Greens Grove Baptist Church Burial Greens Grove Cemetery Friends may call Satchett Murdoch funeral home after 7 pm Wednesday
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Gazette
Center Point
Walter F. Wisehart
Linn County
H. G. Ford
Cedar Rapids
Greens Grove
Hargrave Construction Company
Wisehart
Ford
Maude
Nella Wortham
Stockton
Calif
Ben
Charles
Greens Grove Baptist Church
Greens Grove Cemetery
Satchett-Murdoch Funeral
Waukon Sells $48,000 Bond Issue for Streets
WAUKON city council sold the $48,000 street improvements bond issue to Carleton Belt Company of Des Moines. Half the bonds carry 2 percent interest and the other half 24 percent.
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Waukon
Carleton Belt Company of
Des Moines
Iowa Farmers Challenge Small Dam Plan
Three Iowa conservation officials testified before a House subcommittee opposing Hoover Commission plans to shift small dam authority to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hubert Beasley Edward Bauer and Kenneth Wagner warned it would curtail private on the land efforts and hinder progress in water control and soil conservation.
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Chicago
Iowa Conservation
Hoover Commission
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Hubert Beasley
Garden Grove
Edward Bauer
van Meter
Kenneth Wagner
West Liberty
House of Representatives
Beasley
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners
Pentagon
Bauer
National Association of Soil
Soil Conservation Service
Wagner
Iowa Soil Conservation Committee
Services Friday for Charles Blanchard
Charles Blanchard 80 former banker and real estate broker died Tuesday in a Manchester hospital. Friday service at 1 30 p m at Gill funeral home with burial at Edgewood. Born November 12 1875 at Edgewood he attended Northwestern University and Upper Iowa University. Survived by wife Bertie Brooks two daughters a son and seven grandchildren.
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Gazette
Manchester
Charles Blanchard
Gill Funeral Home
Edgewood
Northwestern University
Evanston
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Edgewood Savings Bank
Bertie Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Ruggles
Dayton
Ohio
John Koffron
L. Brooks Blanchard
T. J. Cole Named to Upper Iowa Faculty
Dr. Tommie J. Cole, 36, named associate professor of English at Upper Iowa University effective December 1. He joins the faculty to meet higher enrollment for 1955 56. He earned a B.S. from West Texas State Teachers College in 1944 the M.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1951 and the Ed.D. from Arkansas this year.
Tax Forms Mailed After Christmas for 1956 Filing
Des Moines officials announced federal income tax forms for 1956 will mail between December 27 and January 10. Taxpayers who filed in 1955 will receive forms from Kansas City based on last year’s return, with address changes sent if the post office has records. Advance copies available at district and local offices by December 1 for accountants, attorneys, and individuals needing them. farmers paying estimated taxes by January 15 may obtain forms at district offices.
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Des Moines
INS
Internal Revenue Office
Kansas City
Hunter Wounded While Hunting Near Britt Iowa
A hunter, Harold Sie fert, 48, of Britt was found after spending a night in a cornfield with a shotgun wound. He faced exposure and blood loss after a .416 shotgun discharged while he crawled through a fence eight miles northwest of Britt. Santa Claus jobs scarce in Scott County Davenport office reports two openings remain unfilled. Iowa Executive Council approves higher starting salaries for State Highway Commission engineers, from 350 to 385 dollars monthly.
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Harold Siefert
Britt
Scott County
Davenport
Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa Executive Council
State Highway Commission
James F. Hoag
Ames
Commission
Catholics Act Against Laxity in Films Across U S
The Catholic hierarchy will campaign through the Legion of Decency against a rising tide of moral laxity in movies. Plans call for revitalizing the legion to renew its aims and purposes in film evaluation, announced by the National Catholic Welfare Conference.
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Washington
Catholic Hierarchy
U. S
Church
Legion of Decency
The
Legion
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Ten years ago he urged stock gamble with big payoff
A recalled comment shows a confidant urging an investment in a stock with promises of large returns. The remark underscores a questionable tip leading to financial risk and questions about the adviser’s credibility.
Judge Rules Out Confidential Data In Passport Case
U S District Judge Luther W Youngdahl ruled the state department cannot rely on hidden confidential information when deciding passport applications. The decision requires a quasi judicial hearing with evidence the applicant can challenge, ordering a hearing for Leonard Boudin within 20 days in what would be the first such passport hearing under court order.
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Washington
Luther W. Youngdal
State Department
Department
Passport Office
Youngdahl
Boudin
Juke Box Cargo Delayed Hiroshima Bomb Shipment
Berkeley story recounts a wartime mixup where the atomic bomb headed for Hiroshima was bumped for higher priority cargo. A shipload of juke boxes for U S troops in the South Pacific delayed the super secret weapon, as told by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg and related to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Berkeley
Calif
INS
Hiroshima
San Francisco
U. S
South Pacific
Glenn T. Seaborg
University of California
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Plutonium milestone marked in wartime lab tale
A wartime note recalls Seaborg and colleagues securing the first tiny plutonium sample at Los Alamos in September 1942, weighing about one ten millionth of an ounce, with Gen. Groves peering into a microscope and reacting with disbelief as the team faced a sudden sense of discouragement despite the momentous breakthrough.
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Seaborg
Army gains power in Moscow as secret police erodes
An Associated Press analysis argues the Soviet army has strengthened its grip on security forces, surging in influence alongside Khrushchev and Bulganin. It notes Beria’s purge-era remnants and suggests thousands of security personnel may have been eliminated or removed, shifting balance away from one-man rule.
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Associated Press
Russia
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Moscow
Beria
Stalin
Rukhadze
Georgian
Lhe
Tserteli
Interior Ministry
Communist Party
Secret Police
Asia
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Notices
A montage of want ad rates and small notices from the Gazette lists pricing for ads, payment terms, and contact details. It also includes lost and found items with brief descriptions and rewards, rental offers, and service ads. Names and addresses like Novak Monument Co and Cedar Rapids appear alongside miscellaneous personal notes.
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Dial
Cedar Rapids Ve Oe Co
Alent
Sheridan
Sutton Entertainment
Guaranty
Hillcrest Nursing Home
Harry Ramsdell Dies Former Tama Cedar Rapids Resident
Harry W. Ramsdell 74 of Paris Texas former Tama and Cedar Rapids resident died recently services were held here burial in Oak Hill cemetery Born in Tama he worked for the Rock Island railroad married Mattie E Warner in 1903 they lived in Cedar Rapids until 1927 moved to Chicago in 1927 and Texas in 1950 He was a member of Mt Hermon Masonic lodge Survivors include his wife a daughter a grandson and a great granddaughter.
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TAMA
Harry W. Ramsdell
Paris
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ramsdell
Rock Island Railroad
Mattie E. Warner
Chicago
Mt. Hermon
J. A. McEndree
Fort Worth
The Poet of the People by Edgar A. Guest
The poem reflects on universal American character across regions and seas. It celebrates shared warmth, patriotism, and the idea that Americans anywhere share the Stars and Stripes and common humanity despite geographic distance.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Pittsburg Man Charged With Forged $95 Check
Pittsburg Kans a man named Swindle was charged with passing a forged check for 95 dollars. The incident details reference a local banking transaction and the suspected defendant awaiting further legal action.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Barber Seeks Cement Work and Odd Jobs After Hours
Woman seeks after-hours handyman work including cement finishing basements pointing and odd tasks post 5 PM. Located in 27537 area. Work Wanted category notes availability and contact format.
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Barber
Pias
MASON
Fragmented OCR Listing Teases Public Notice
The readable line shows an address 123 3rd Ave and references a public notice or news service. Details are incomplete but indicate an official notice involving a person or entity and a location.
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John Reynolds
Carlson
Russ Wiley
Near East
Billy Grahams
United States
C.R
Laurie van Dyke
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Winneshiek
Walter Wisehart
George Clark
T. J. Cole
Upper Iowa
Potsdam
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos Atomic Laboratories
Germany
Gen. Arn- Cod
Gen. H. H. “Hap” Arnold
U.S. Air Forces
Gen. Groves
Gen
Leslie Groves
Manhattan Project
Olga Curtis
New York
Vincent de Liso
de Liso
Palter de Liso
William L. Ryan
Lavrenty P. Beria
Tiflis
Shalva Otarovich
Gise Ofad
Dave
Gazzetta
Tore
NOVAK
Ely Y T
Blue Cross
Pre Hield
He Mary
8Th Ave
Tommy
Iam
Owntown
Toddville
Lady Elgin
Bain Transfer
3Rd St
ROSEN
Magnus Hote
Probasco Jéweer
Dale A Whitman
21St Ave
Los Angeles
Ughing
Lung Chloe G
Vernon i
Swisher Pavilion
Howdy Roberts Rangers
Hmriet Anders
Essuire
Wilson Ave
Governo
Melody Inn
Hea
Mayou
Apsie Valley Cowboys
Saulabies Gallaman
Bea Buiterel
Legion Aun Ub
Gene of Leon
Erie
Pan Sy
Dick Haddy
Weenensers
Bigeye Vis
Kenny Ofer Ead
Mic de Steet Elyea
Setrad
Ben Novak
Ramblers
Oraport Inn
V.m
Sam Les
Leeann
Bros
Gene Eneral
Bill Lebrand
Ua Uling
Asien
Ogcaatons Hee
Edre Apish Olack
Pau
Marion
Harry Ramsdell
Mann
Willits & Son
Ora Rey
Sane
Fifth St
Kramer
Lete Ng Sodding
Ing. Terfifiine
Aera Inea
Gira
Irvinartinson
Agifth
Aildens Ahs Association
Bob Waddington
Brick Lavigne
Vic Bartow
Staie
Bob Fahl
Tis
Baer
Collins Radio Co
Uonbayy
Rte
Art Instruction, Inc
Minneapolis
America
Dun
Bradstreet
Turkey
Slouth 4Th Street
Eel
Inerson
Ringer
Nebraska
Minnesota
Finco, Inc
Aurora, Ill
Ee Ues
Impomene Geaiers
Ae Ae
Yetter Eeacturing Company
Colchester
Inols
Honeer
Kielson
Bell Co
Marri
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